Reason for forming:
We were reading a lot about the riot grrl movement of the 90’s as well as listening to a bunch of female fronted punk from the 70’s and 80’s and our formation had a lot to do with wanting to be a part of that continuum. A means of expressing the many emotions that come with being a twenty something woman in the modern era.
Our songs came out of hanging out all the time, drinking beers in our basement and grappling with learning our instruments. Neither of us (at the beginning it was just two of us- Ursula &Moff) had much experience being in bands so it was a very spontaneous, anything goes type of environment.

What are your lyrics about?
We write about whatever’s on our minds, what we feel strongly about. Things that make us scream, laugh, or cry.
There’s a lot to do with the effects of patriarchy and how it infiltrates our daily lives and relationships. We also have songs like “Schaudenfreude”, a battle cry against the gentrification of Portland and all the fat cat construction companies that are destroying our historic buildings and pricing us out of our homes. We sing about love, hate, being witchy, being weird, and trying to find your place in this fucked up world.

How would you describe your sound?
Angry, melodic girlpunk.

Mr. Wrong (photo by the photobooth at The Knockback. Collaging by Moff)

What’s in the future for this band?
We’ve got a lot of dreams for the future. We’d love to put out a record, go on tour, we recently added a bassist and we are really excited about having a fuller, more dynamic sound and increased output of energy, and what we can do with that. We want to continue to play lots of shows, connect with like minded folks, and have fucking fun and express ourselves. That’s what it’s all about for us, and as long as we can continue to do that, we’re very happy.

Reason for forming:
KerriBeth and I have been playing hardcore punk and pv bands for like 10 years so we decided to do something new and just do it ourselves (two-piece) with a bunch of old amps. Kerri’s always played bass so this is her first band on drums. Salt Lake has a lot of raw punk noise, screamo and indie-goth, so we are switching it up a bit. Eyesore started as a cathartic zine that turned into a band by utilizing the poetry found therein.

What are your lyrics about?
Hating the mistakes I’ve made and rationalization of why I’ve made ’em. Embodying the anti-hero and neurosis. Quality of life in 2016. Bottling all that shit up into aggressively catchy songs and spewing it out depending on the way the chemicals in my brain and triggers are functioning that day.

How would you describe your sound?
A stench-core band covering the Dicks or Unfun for Halloween.

What’s in the future for this band?
Putting out as many songs as possible in short ep’s and touring here and there to see old friends and make new ones. Thanks to City of Dis for helping put our full length out there.

Date & location formed:
We formed a little over a year ago. We live in Boston.

Reason for forming:
Evan’s band Life Problem was splitting up, so he and Tann jammed on some pop punk stuff that Evan was working on. Eric joined when Evan saw him walking past the practice space and asked him to come upstairs and play some music. He never left. Jack joined a few months later because he just moved back into the city and we wanted a second guitar.

What are your lyrics about?
Mostly introverted topics; the complicated nature of friendships, nostalgia, etc, but also class related frustrations stemming from having labor jobs.

How would you describe your sound?
Pop punk, emphasis on punk. Big influences have been Boilerman, Witches with Dicks, Chinese Telephones, and Ringers.

What’s in the future for this band?
We just out out a new ep digitally, so we gotta work on getting physical copies made, and doing some touring, hopefully early next year.

Reason for forming:
We are a group of friends that had been playing in bands and doing stuff together for a while, and we had been talking for some time of forming a new band to try sounds that we all liked but hadn’t played before, so one day we met at the rehearsal room and it just came out by itself.

What are your lyrics about?
Power, end of civilization, mother culture, sex, hope…

How would you describe your sound?
80’s punk.

What’s in the future for this band?
Record new songs and play as much as we can.